LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER

MacBook webcams can spy on users without warning

FBI has been able to covertly activate camera without triggering light for years

Published: 12/20/2013 at 1:04 AM

(Washington Post) The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail. The photos had been taken over a period of several months — without her knowledge — by the built-in camera on her laptop.

Fortunately, the FBI was able to identify a suspect: her high school classmate, a man named Jared Abrahams. The FBI says it found software on Abrahams’s computer that allowed him to spy remotely on her and numerous other women.